Kintsugi Heroes

Jimmy has a special perspective as he has autism and shares his often sad but heart-warming and uplifting story of growing up with autism being bullied and misunderstood but finding mentors and supporters during the ‘years of hell’ of his education.

And now he’s a voice, with a quirky sense of humour, for others as a writer, blogger and motivational speaker as he shares with the world what it's like to be autistic.

Bio Jimmy Clare is a Motivational Speaker, Autism Advocate, Author, and Founder of

crazyfitnessguy.com.

Business Name: CrazyFitnessGuy

https://www.crazyfitnessguy.com

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Remeny tells us her story about having a twenty-six week, stillborn baby - James. You will require tissues for sure as it is raw and very powerful. Along with describing the many emotional moments of this unthinkable experience, she shares with clarity and honesty where she found real support, including her group of ‘lost mums’ and what unintentional well-meaning comments made things worse. She reminds us not to forget the fathers and explains how men and women grieve differently. Remeny is now the mother of two healthy boys but will never forget James.

Bio

Remeny Armitage is focused on bringing humanity back into business. She has over 20 years’ experience working for a variety of businesses in client advocacy, marketing and new business development. She helps businesses understand what their clients REALLY think about them, with the goal of turning their clients into advocates. Her experience has helped build relationships between businesses and their clients in a human-centric way. She gets under the skin of a business by interviewing their people and feeding back ways they can improve the business and how to engage with their people in a more human way.  She has a range of methods that ensures business improvement and growth, whilst building long-lasting relationships that are based on a strong foundation of trust and respect.

www.brilliantandhuman.com

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Scott’s story is about a man who had a beautiful early childhood, lived on the streets after a family breakdown, reinvented himself, created a business and lost it, just for starters. He discusses painful family issues including a terrible injury to his wife and major anger arising from his relationship to his father. Scott then describes his mentors, inspirational healing journey and recovery. This led to the creation of the Business of Smiles which has changed many lives.

About our guest:

A man just trying to be the best version of himself.

On the streets at fourteen, left Australia at twenty-three came back four years later, birth of my son being a real pain point. Wife’s accident. Owning my story has led to me becoming me…

Contact:

W: www.ihopeyouaresmiling.com

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Season 2 Teaser for Kintsugi Heroes

We've been taking a bit of a break from the podcast to re-assess and evaluate the feedback we've been getting for Kintsugi Heroes, but now we're ready to return!

The podcast will be back, beginning next Wednesday, March 8th 2023.

Here is a quick message from our Founder, Ian Westmoreland, about what to expect from the podcast in Season 2.

"Hi, I'm Ian Westmoreland, the founder of Kintsugi Heroes.  I just want to provide a quick update and share some very exciting news.  In our first series of podcasts, we published 10 inspiring stories and have already had over a thousand downloads, which is amazing. So a very encouraging start and thank you for your support.  

I'm excited to announce that series two of our podcasts  will commence on Wednesday the 8th of March.  And from then on, there'll be at least one new podcast published each week. We already have a number of new conversations already recorded, and I'm sure that they will continue to provide the hope and inspiration  to people experiencing life challenges and also help educate the broader community.  

I'd also like to welcome Matt Bliss to the Kintsugi Heroes team. Matt is a video and audio editing podcast expert, and he'll be producing and publishing the series two podcast  that commenced on the 8th of March.  

Just a couple of other items. Our first book is near completion.  I had a sneak preview of the work done by Patty French, and it's amazing what the quality of the stories that's coming through. So more information on that later on.  

And then finally, our crowdfunding campaign around focusing on addiction  is well underway. We welcome your support.  So please go to the My Cause website, enter Kintsugi Heroes, and you'll see our addiction campaign there.

So keep telling and sharing those stories."

To support our crowd-funding campaign focusing on Addiction, please donate via the My Cause website: https://www.mycause.com.au/p/304549/no-one-chooses-to-become-an-addict.

If you'd like Matthew Bliss to help with your podcast production, editing and more, please get in touch via email to [email protected].

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Joanne talks about her inspiring journey into becoming a true entrepreneur beginning with a conventional bank job after school as decided by her father, then an early marriage as was expected of her. She moved up through promotions in the banking and finance world that made her a role model for women, breaking the glass ceiling of that time as she developed and refined her skills. When she suffered the sudden loss of her husband in an accident and became a single mum, she began a solo business.

She describes a series of business successes and failures. She demonstrates her courage, resilience, and ability to pivot into new challenges that continue to the present day.

About our Guest:

Joanne helps professional women feel that their sacrifice has been worth it and avoid the situation of being invisible to key decision-makers. 

Her vision is to inspire a reawakening of belief in self to create a movement of purposeful female leaders.

Having owned over fifteen businesses in the last twenty years with a mixture of great success, she shares what she has learnt with a ‘No BS’ approach. Her journey has not been smooth, but it has undoubtedly been exhilarating, and she wants to share what she has learnt with others. 

Having launched her sixteenth business as she turned sixty, she is determined to shake up the university space with overseas Masters degrees like no other in Australia.

YouTube episode:

https://youtu.be/O3yC40tsW9Y

Contact:

YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_AFoQ5xxZ8JwGDVxCStc7A,

FB: https://www.facebook.com/navig8Biz

I: https://www.instagram.com/navig8biz/

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/navig8biz/?viewAsMember=true

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Ian was born in Hamilton, Canada, a poor working-class steel town. His childhood was extremely challenging as his mother’s partner was president of an outlaw motorcycle gang. He tells his story of the violence and criminality which traumatised him in his early years.

He describes how he survived and later thrived because of his placement with exceptional foster parents and his positive contact with several churches. This led him to have a deep and abiding Christian faith in his life.

Once he escaped his childhood home and went to university in Canada, then later in Australia, he began to heal. As well as his Church activities he is part of Mentoring Men Australia.

About our Guest:

Born in Canada, he moved to Australia in 1994, married a local, and they settled here in 2004, after returning to Canada for a spell so he could complete his first two degrees.

He is an avid ultramarathon runner and motorcyclist. In addition, he enjoys cooking, travel, and adventure, some planned but most not.

He is a father, speaker, life and Leadership Mentor and Church and Community Leader.

He is encouraging and equipping those who are good at being men to be good men. He wants to serve men and their families by creating safe spaces to talk through issues related to men and manhood, life and meaning. Also, to guide and mentor men in a life of discipleship. As well as to establish a Fresh Expression of Church with men and their families.

YouTube episode:

https://youtu.be/scX_lqR-vwU

Contact:

FB: http://www.facebook.com/ianfj

I: https://www.instagram.com/ianfojo/

LI: https://au.linkedin.com/in/ianfj/

T: https://twitter.com/IanFoJo

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Melissa’s story is very inspiring. She shares with us how she grew up in a dysfunctional family in California and suffered childhood trauma, undiagnosed ADHD and alcoholism as a teenager. Despite this adversity, her courage and determination led her to meet amazing support groups, healers and mentors and eventually become sober and live an authentic and productive life. She has a long and successful marriage and a diverse career as a lawyer and coach in service to others in many different ways.

About our Guest:

facilitator. She uses deep inquiry, mindfulness, and somatics principles to create space in the mind and uncover our true, whole, integrated selves.

She has been a mindfulness practitioner for over 25 years, learning at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and later certifying through Dallas Yoga Center. In addition, she is a certified coach in life design and trained in somatics. She has been leading mindfulness practices for several years. Melissa earned her B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in English Literature and her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law. She lives in Oregon, where she roams the mountains with her husband, teenage daughter, and chihuahua pug.

YouTube episode:

https://youtu.be/W5QK37evQ9o

Contact:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-chureau-a8763810/

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Alan’s remarkable story describes overcoming the challenges that go with building relationships. He raised three young boys after his first marriage broke up. This was followed by business failure, then another failed marriage. 

His life began to change when he discovered his healing gift. Then he met a group of Aboriginal Elders for a year around a campfire. Because he wanted to learn, not to help, he was invited to go through an initiation into manhood.

Alan shares how successful relationships begin with yourself and letting others come to you. He helps others by listening, understanding and helping them heal themselves. This led directly to the Campfire Project, where people tell their stories without criticism, counselling, or judgment.

About our Guest:

Alan Stevens is an International Profiling and Communications Specialist and has appeared on TV and media worldwide. 

He has worked with international clients, like Disney Films and Gillette, and high-profile organisations, like the Australian Federal Police, to help them to understand how people tick. Alan works with business owners and executives, helping them to understand and engage their clients and prospects, enhancing their presentations and negotiation skills. And with parents and teachers to help children to reach their full potential while improving the experience of parents, teachers, and students.

His courses are Certified Learning Solutions, and he is a Fellow of the Institute for Learning and Performance Asia Pacific. 

He is focused on creating and training his own competition to the highest level and as quickly as possible. He believes “We need more people with the skills, but they have to be well trained”, and he has a moral obligation to find and train the best coaches to become the leaders in their fields.

He also created the #WeTogether initiative and The Campfire Project, a safe place for men and women to give themselves permission to tell their stories. And share their experiences and wisdom from around the world. Alan is also a Director of The Business of Smiles, helping raise Mental Health awareness in the workplace and worldwide.

YouTube episode:

https://youtu.be/zIr124KKDr8

Contact:

LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/readingfaces

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CelebrityProfiler

Facebook Business page https://www.facebook.com/ReadingFaces/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/face_profiler 

Twitter

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Don Mathewson is a true champion who shares his extraordinary story of courage, determination, a passion for athletics, and overcoming major physical challenges alongside a life of service to others. 

He is a Masters track athlete who has been World Champion on three occasions across different age groups and received fifteen other medals. During his pursuit of excellence, he has completed World Masters Athletics Championships in Finland, USA, France, Brazil, Spain and Australia. As well as holding several Australian and State records across different distances, he cycles with an early morning group three days a week and supports others through several forms of volunteering.

About our Guest:

Don joined the Royal Australian Navy at sixteen in a new scheme introduced by the Navy to provide more education for sailors to handle the technology in a modern navy. 

At twenty-one, he was promoted to Petty Officer. Two years later, he undertook Naval Officers training in the UK, winning the sword of honour for top candidate. 

He left the RAN after twenty-one years and began a career as a Field Director with World Vision International in the South Pacific. 

He became Senior Manager with a large talent management group as Senior Executive Coach. 

He worked there well past retirement age and then left to undertake volunteer roles.

These include Mentoring Men, teaching English as a second language, being on the National Committee of Endeavour Foundation, a large disability support organisation and running a coffee mates group for older men. 

He teaches English to speakers of other languages and is passionate about mature age fitness and health.

He has a keen interest in Politics, Climate and First Nations people and endeavours to keep across these issues through intentional reading.

YouTube Episode:

https://youtu.be/t5aFBz23gAI

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Today Traci shares her very personal journey helping save her mom’s life… and colon… from Crohn’s disease, which doctors said was impossible, as well as her own experience with a terrifying combination of lead paint poisoning and toxic mould sickness that challenged her will to live. These struggles put everything she thought she knew to the test and drastically changed the course of her life. And she now helps many people worldwide achieve optimal health.

About Our Guest:

Dr. Traci Potterf, PhD, is on a mission to revolutionize care for people feeling overwhelmed by chronic anxiety and complex health conditions, which many don’t realize share the same underlying causes. She received her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where she participated in a joint program with the University of California San Francisco Medical School. 

Her unique perspective comes from her early start as a Medical Anthropologist. She was fascinated with traditional wisdom and deeply concerned by the impacts of industrialization on indigenous communities. She realized that we are so mentally and physically ill because we live in ways that don’t work with our evolutionary biology. In other words, we work against and not with the intelligence of nature.

Now a Functional Medicine expert and Patient Advocate, she has devoted her life to empowering everyday people with science-backed solutions that work with the genius of nature. Instead of covering up symptoms and continuing to decline, she promotes finding and addressing root causes, so we can thrive in living lives we love. She wants the world to see that we are nature, and we all have an inner genius that knows how to heal... from cell to soul.

YouTube Episode:

https://youtu.be/moJ2eMwAtmE

Contact:

I: https://www.instagram.com/drtracipotterfphd/

FB: https://m.facebook.com/innergeniushealth/

YT: https://youtube.com/c/InnerGeniusHealth

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traci-potterf-phd/

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